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Need a quick, meatless Monday meal idea? How about one that is easy to adapt to everyone's tastes? Pizza is always a hit in our house.The girls have so much fun choosing toppings
and building the pizzas that it turns into a dinner event.Since we know that kids are always more
willing to try new foods when they help prepare them, we take advantage of
pizza nights to help them willingly create meatless meals all on their
own!They have so much fun working with
fresh veggies (and snacking on them) while making this thin crust vegetable pizza recipe that they don’t
even miss their usually requested pepperoni, sausage and ham toppings!

Preheat oven and prepare pizza pan or stone.Preheat the oven according to the directions
for your pizza crust and make any pan or oven preparations needed for the
method you will use to bake.We usually
bake our pizzas on simply a pizza pan or directly on an oven rack with a piece
of aluminum foil.

Prepare the crust.Prepare the crust for toppings according to the recipe or package
instructions.Before baking the crust,
brush with olive oil and sprinkle with the garlic powder, Italian seasoning and
Parmesan cheese.

Top the vegetable pizza with toppings.Layer each topping onto the pizza
evenly.This is where our girls get
creative.One hates onions--so one
section of the pizza gets no onions.A
couple of us aren’t green pepper fans--so we sprinkle green peppers only where
we want them!We also like to “seal” most
of the toppings under the cheese--except for the tomatoes and jalapenos. We place those on top.

Bake and serve.Bake
until crust is browned and cheese is melted.Cut into wedges or squares with a pizza cutter and serve.